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Oh boy they’ve found a bauble in Israel! You know what this means!!! That’s right, the entire biblical chronology and historical claims have been PROVEN 100% accurate once again! Josh McDowell can add another chapter to his little misrepresentative historically ignorant and theologically baseless book ‘Evidence Which Demands a Verdict: How Circular Reasoning in archaeology is Endlessly Proving What we Already Know!”

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Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, television personality Bill Nye announced his plans to spend the evening of Halloween roaming his upscale Los Angeles neighborhood dressed as an actual scientist.

“I’ve always wanted to be a real scientist, and I have the perfect costume,” said Nye, best known for playing the title role on the 1990’s Saturday morning children’s program Bill Nye The Science Guy. “I already have a lab coat and bow tie that make me look super science-y.” Nye told reporters he plans to enhance his costume by carrying copies of scientific journal articles, with his name substituted as the real author. “Aren’t these so lifelike?” he enthusiastically exclaimed. “They make me look like I’ve actually published serious peer-reviewed scientific research articles.”

The television personalty also confirmed that he will bring along some honorary doctorate degrees bestowed upon him by several universities. “These fake degrees look so authentic, they would make anyone seem like a legitimate scientific scholar committed to open-minded inquiry.” “I’ll have to be careful what I say that night,” he added. “My costume is so convincing, people might believe that my personal opinions about a multitude of topics are actual scientific facts.”

When asked if he plans to spend any time on Halloween launching misinformed, condescending attacks on people who disagree with him politically or philosophically, he replied, “No, that’s not something a real scientist would do.”

Bill Nye is to science what Dr Phil is to psychiatry and Joel Osteen to theology.

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Prosecutors in District Attorney Charme Allen’s Child Abuse Unit obtained multiple convictions against a man who raped a second grader. Joshua Michael Stewart, 34, was convicted of rape of a child and two counts of aggravated sexual battery. After the jury returned their verdict, Judge Steve Sword set the case for sentencing on November 18.

During the trial, assistant district attorneys showed proof that Stewart sexually assaulted her, starting in 2007 when the victim was in the second grade through the time she was in the fourth grade. The victim did not disclose this information until several years later when Stewart was sent to prison on an unrelated Aggravated Assault case.

“This conviction stems from the bravery of a child who came forward, disclosed what happened to her, and then confronted her abuser in front of a courtroom full of strangers,” said Allen. “The courage of this child has put an end to this perpetrator’s abuse.”

Rape of a child is a Class A felony that carries a punishment of twenty-five years in prison without the possibility of parole. On each of the counts of aggravated sexual battery, Stewart is facing eight to twelve years in prison. At sentencing, prosecutors will ask Judge Sword for the maximum sentence on each count and to run those counts consecutive to each other to ensure Stewart remains in prison for as long as possible.

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A significant proportion of teaching at UK universities is undertaken by PhDstudents, who are mostly paid by the hour as graduate teaching assistants. Because research funding is so scarce, many of these students are paying for their own studies – so teaching forms a crucial part of their income.

They have usually been actively encouraged to take up advanced degrees because of their ability, but find themselves struggling to stay afloat. Meanwhile, the number of PhD graduates far exceeds the number of academic positions available – adding to the stress of the situation.

When university lecturers went on strike in May this year, they focused on pay and conditions for permanent staff, and the issue of hourly paid staff wasn’t given the prominence it deserves. It’s time for the sector to start paying attention to graduate teaching assistants (GTAs).

Etc. Grad assistants really do deserve better. Though, I have to add quite hastily, that my own time as a graduate teaching assistant was fantastic and I was fairly paid and enjoyed teaching classes both on campus and at campus remote locations tremendously. But of course there weren’t, and aren’t many people like the late Donald C. Cook. What a scholar… I miss him and his company.

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